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Sea lice are decimating Atlantic salmon, and climate change is making the situation worse

A recent study shows that the negative effects of sea lice increase as water warms, and that increases the risk that open-net pen salmon farming present for wild salmon.

May 1, 2021 By Joan Baxter 5 Comments

A Dalhousie University researcher is among a team of scientists tracking a big threat to Atlantic salmon: sea lice. Climate change can increase risks of disease in marine ecosystems and pose an additional threat to the health of Atlantic salmon, according to a recent paper published in Nature’s peer-reviewed journal, Scientific Reports, and authored by […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News Tagged With: aquaculture, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs, Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore (APES), Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic Salmon Federation, British Columbia, climate change, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), Cooke Aquaculture, Dalhousie University, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Discovery Islands, Ecolocy Action Centre, Food Social and Ceremonial Fishery (FSC), Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Healthy Bays Network, Jeffrey Hutchings, Kris Hunter, Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn (KMK), Linda Pannozzo, Liverpool Bay, Lucia Fanning, Mi’kmaq Conservation Group (MCG), Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, Norway, Nova Scotia Salmon Association, open-net pen salmon farming, plamu, precautionary principle, Protect Liverpool Bay, sea lice, Sean Godwin, Shelley Denny, Simon Ryder-Burbridge, smolt, Species at Risk Act, St. Mary's River, St. Mary’s Bay Protectors, Twin Bays Coalition, Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR), wild Atlantic salmon

Healthy Bays Network: Fish farms are not just a rural issue; people in Halifax should be concerned

May 27, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont

A group of community organizations opposed to open-net finfish farms in Nova Scotia have pooled their resources and formed a new organization they say will amplify their voice. In a media release Monday, the newly created Healthy Bays Network (HBN) said Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture regulations have been written for industry, and the voices...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore (APES), Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF), Bayswater, Cermaq, Cooke Aquaculture, Ecology Action Centre, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), fish farms, Geoff Le Boutillier, Healthy Bays Network (HBN), Joel Richardson, Kelly Cove Salmon, Liverpool Bay, marine aquaculture, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), Nova Scotia Salmon Association (NSSA), Protect Liverpool Bay, St. Mary’s Bay Protectors, Twin Bays Coalition

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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